# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百三十四条 (Article 234) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-234. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 家事事件手続法 (Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act), 平成二十三年法律第五十二号 - English title "Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第二百三十四条 (Article 234)（管轄） — address `art-234` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-234 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-234 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百三十四条（管轄） — (Jurisdiction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-234 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-234 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-234 **第一項** 都道府県の措置についての承認の審判事件（別表第一の百二十七の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。次条において同じ。）、都道府県の措置の期間の更新についての承認の審判事件（同表の百二十八の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。同条において同じ。）、児童相談所長又は都道府県知事の引き続いての一時保護についての承認の審判事件（同表の百二十八の二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。同条において同じ。）及び児童相談所長の申立てによる特別養子適格の確認の審判事件（同表の百二十八の三の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。以下この節において同じ。）は、児童の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。 art-234/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-234/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-234/par-1 An adjudication case for the approval of prefectural measures (meaning an adjudication case regarding matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (127); the same applies in the following Article), an adjudication case for the approval of a renewal of the period for a measure taken by a prefecture (meaning the adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in the Appended Table 1, row (128); the same applies in the Article), an adjudication case for approval of the director of the child guidance center or the prefectural governor for the subsequent temporary protection (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in the table, row (128-2); the same applies in the Article), and an adjudication case for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption upon petition by the director of the child guidance center (meaning an adjudication case for the matters in the table row (128-3); hereinafter the same applies in this Section) is under the jurisdiction of the family court that governs the address of the child. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "An adjudication case for the approval of prefectural measures (meaning an adjudication case regarding matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (127); the same applies in the following Article), an adjudication case for the approval of a renewal of the period for a measure taken by a prefecture (meaning the adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in the Appended Table 1, row (128); the same applies in the Article), an adjudication case for approval of the director of the child guidance office or the prefectural governor for the subsequent temporary protection (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in the table, row (128-2); the same applies in the Article), and an adjudication case for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption upon petition by the director of the child guidance center (meaning an adjudication case for the matters in the table row (128-3); hereinafter the same applies in the following Article) is under the jurisdiction of the family court that governs the address of the child." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-234/par-1: 別表第一 → 家事事件手続法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/appdx-1 - art-234/par-1: 次条 → 家事事件手続法 第二百三十五条 (Article 235), art-235 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-235 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-235 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-05 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 家事事件手続法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (家事事件手続法), Article 234, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05